Guthrie archive ... SOLD

[MKHstudios]

http://news.yahoo.co...-144501415.html

 

 

Oklahoma foundation buys Woody Guthrie archive

 

 

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa-based foundation has purchased the comprehensive archive of folk singer Woody Guthrie's writings, recordings and artwork and plans to display the collection in a new center dedicated to the Oklahoma native.

The Tulsa World reports (http://is.gd/x69QbW ) that the George Kaiser Family Foundation will open the Woody Guthrie Center in downtown Tulsa by the end of 2012, to mark the centennial of Guthrie's birth. The four-building arts hub will feature public displays from the Guthrie archives and research space for scholars.

The foundation didn't disclose how much it paid for the collection, which includes a handwritten copy of Guthrie's anthem, "This Land is Your Land."

Guthrie died of Huntington's disease in 1967.

The archive had been housed in the Mount Kisko, N.Y., home of Nora Guthrie, the songwriter's daughter.

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Information from: Tulsa World, http://www.tulsaworld.com

[choo-choo-charlie]

Just posted about that this morning here!

 

http://viachicago.org/topic/47010-mermaid-ave-iii-anyone-seen-this/

 

The NYT article in the other thread indicates the foundation paid $3 million for the archives.

[pfox7]

I couldn't be more excited about this, as a tulsan and a wilco/guthrie fan. the archives are going to be amazing. GKFF, as we call them here, has played a huge and significant role in the revival of downtown tulsa, and in the preservation of our cultural institutions. I know Jeff and the boys love playing Cain's Ballroom, and now they have another reason to love Tulsa... it would be great to have them come to Tulsa for Woody's 100th birthday celebration: http://www.woody100.com/